Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BLAME THE REWARD OF PRINCES, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Among disasters that discention brings
Last Line: If ill, then kings, not souldiers beare the blame.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


Among disasters that discention brings,
This not the least is, which belongs to Kings.
If Wars goe well; each for a part layes claime:
If ill, then Kings, not Souldiers beare the blame.





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